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Regulations aim to restrict access to minors, remove profits to organized crime
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/marijuana-legal-bill-1.4069178
The Liberal government has tabled legislation to end the prohibition on pot, checking off a major promise from the 2015 campaign. The pot plan comes with two new bills; one to regulate the recreational use, sale and cultivation of marijuana, and a second that strengthens measures to stop impaired driving.
It would allow people to possess up to 30 grams of dried or fresh cannabis and sets the minimum at 18 years of age, though provinces and territories can set a higher legal age. Consumers can grow up to four plants at home or buy from a licensed retailer. Dried and fresh pot and cannabis oil will be available first, with edible products to become available later.
Canada consulted broadly with other jurisdictions that have legalized marijuana, including Colorado and Washington states, to learn what worked and what did not. Canada's approach is different in that it is based on a public health framework over a commercial basis.
"It has focused entirely on how to reduce the social and health harms associated to cannabis in its production, distribution and consumption," Bill Blair, the man PM Trudeau placed to verse legalization, said during a news conference after the bills were tabled. "And that focus enables us to avoid many of the pitfalls that other jurisdictions have experienced, where the focus was primarily on maximizing revenue."
possible roadside tester
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200710/r192911_728839.jpg
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/marijuana-legal-bill-1.4069178
The Liberal government has tabled legislation to end the prohibition on pot, checking off a major promise from the 2015 campaign. The pot plan comes with two new bills; one to regulate the recreational use, sale and cultivation of marijuana, and a second that strengthens measures to stop impaired driving.
It would allow people to possess up to 30 grams of dried or fresh cannabis and sets the minimum at 18 years of age, though provinces and territories can set a higher legal age. Consumers can grow up to four plants at home or buy from a licensed retailer. Dried and fresh pot and cannabis oil will be available first, with edible products to become available later.
Canada consulted broadly with other jurisdictions that have legalized marijuana, including Colorado and Washington states, to learn what worked and what did not. Canada's approach is different in that it is based on a public health framework over a commercial basis.
"It has focused entirely on how to reduce the social and health harms associated to cannabis in its production, distribution and consumption," Bill Blair, the man PM Trudeau placed to verse legalization, said during a news conference after the bills were tabled. "And that focus enables us to avoid many of the pitfalls that other jurisdictions have experienced, where the focus was primarily on maximizing revenue."
possible roadside tester
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200710/r192911_728839.jpg
